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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200494753" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Noah Lev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200494753">(Jun 11 2020 at 00:22)</a>:</h4>
<p>I've been thinking about this for a bit: having a site that would show <code>E-easy</code>/<code>E-mentored</code> issues. It could potentially be forked off of Servo's <a href="http://starters.servo.org">starters.servo.org</a>.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200498381" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200498381">(Jun 11 2020 at 01:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>Oh, interesting</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200498420" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200498420">(Jun 11 2020 at 01:38)</a>:</h4>
<p>I vaguely remember something like that existed for a short time in 2018</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200498424" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200498424">(Jun 11 2020 at 01:38)</a>:</h4>
<p>Is there a strong advantage over just filtering github by tags?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200498473" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200498473">(Jun 11 2020 at 01:39)</a>:</h4>
<p>Also, I think one of the bigger challenges as that there just aren't that many E-easy/E-mentor issues, and they tend to be grabbed pretty quickly</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200516055" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> marmeladema <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200516055">(Jun 11 2020 at 08:14)</a>:</h4>
<p>I've been doing some work around servo last year and the starters website was actually a nice entry point because its way less frightening that a +5000 issues repo on github where you don't actually know where to look.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200516217" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> marmeladema <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200516217">(Jun 11 2020 at 08:16)</a>:</h4>
<p>Even if you are right at the end, everything is tracked by github with labels so it does not really matter, its just a feeling from newcomers that might prefers the aspect of a starters website.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200516686" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> marmeladema <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200516686">(Jun 11 2020 at 08:22)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think besides E-easy / E-mentor, there are some issues that consist of just adding some tests, I don't know if they are always marked as E-easy. What i found is that usually such issues might not be very straightforward if the needed tests are not regular ui tests, but like miri-opt tests or codegen tests so they could probably have better labelling and pointers to the right documentation to help newcomers handle such issues.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200517048" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> marmeladema <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200517048">(Jun 11 2020 at 08:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>Also, related to E-easy / E-mentor labels when you come to the github repository, nothing directly tells you to look for such labels. Maybe the README could provide a link to github search with those labels? Or maybe a list of labels with a description and a link to github search issues for each of them?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200535411" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200535411">(Jun 11 2020 at 12:13)</a>:</h4>
<p>It is mentioned in a few places though generally newcomers may not look there.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200537662" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> XAMPPRocky <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200537662">(Jun 11 2020 at 12:35)</a>:</h4>
<p>I've been thinking about trying to add a page like this to &lt;<a href="http://www.rust-lang.org">www.rust-lang.org</a>&gt;, that would also include other rust-lang projects.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200630254" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Noah Lev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200630254">(Jun 12 2020 at 02:49)</a>:</h4>
<p>I agree with <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="281572">@marmeladema</span>; one of the advantages of a specific starters website is that it feels easier to approach, plus you don't have to manually filter all the time.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200654877" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200654877">(Jun 12 2020 at 10:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>So <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="256841">@Nick Cameron</span> had a website like this but I can't remember what it was called :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200654887" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200654887">(Jun 12 2020 at 10:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>one other advantage is in a multi-repo universe</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200654895" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200654895">(Jun 12 2020 at 10:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>which I personally still would like to see for rustc</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200654930" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200654930">(Jun 12 2020 at 10:31)</a>:</h4>
<p>but which we have regardless for tools like rustfmt etc</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200685383" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Eric Huss <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200685383">(Jun 12 2020 at 15:34)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="116009">nikomatsakis</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg/near/200654877">said</a>:</p>
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<p>So <span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="256841">Nick Cameron</span> had a website like this but I can't remember what it was called <span aria-label="slight smile" class="emoji emoji-1f642" role="img" title="slight smile">:slight_smile:</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.rustaceans.org/findwork">https://www.rustaceans.org/findwork</a> ?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200696722" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> marmeladema <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200696722">(Jun 12 2020 at 17:04)</a>:</h4>
<p>Oh that's cool! But kind of hard to find, at least, i've never encountered it.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200700099" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> XAMPPRocky <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200700099">(Jun 12 2020 at 17:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>Also fwiw I added a "Help Wanted" board to the front of forge awhile ago which does provide links to <code>E-help-wanted</code> issues. <a href="https://forge.rust-lang.org">https://forge.rust-lang.org</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200700284" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> XAMPPRocky <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200700284">(Jun 12 2020 at 17:35)</a>:</h4>
<p>Not that it's a replacement for a more fleshed out webpage of course.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200702875" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200702875">(Jun 12 2020 at 17:57)</a>:</h4>
<p>Thanks <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="120518">@Eric Huss</span> ! That's what I was thinking of earlier... I still think a more general "all-the-things" webpage would be helpful</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200708360" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200708360">(Jun 12 2020 at 18:40)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="219696">XAMPPRocky</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg/near/200700099">said</a>:</p>
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<p>Also fwiw I added a "Help Wanted" board to the front of forge awhile ago which does provide links to <code>E-help-wanted</code> issues. <a href="https://forge.rust-lang.org">https://forge.rust-lang.org</a></p>
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<p>btw there's <a class="stream" data-stream-id="212497" href="/#narrow/stream/212497-t-compiler.2Fhelp-wanted">#t-compiler/help-wanted</a> stream, the idea of that stream was that people could go there and offer things to do to people that want to contribute</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200754444" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> XAMPPRocky <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200754444">(Jun 13 2020 at 07:52)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116266">@Santiago Pastorino</span> Didn't know about that, If you'd like to add a mention of that stream to forge I would be happy to accept it.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea%3A%20starters.rust-lang.org/near/200937212" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/idea.3A.20starters.2Erust-lang.2Eorg.html#200937212">(Jun 15 2020 at 19:54)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="219696">@XAMPPRocky</span> yeah it would be nice to mention it on forge</p>



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